Integration

ESB or event streaming: Choosing for diverse integration requirements

When choosing between ESB and event streaming, architects must consider data consistency, latency, event replayability, and operational impacts. This article provides a practical matrix for making informed architectural decisions.

Data

Managing Data Quality Rules: Exceptions and the Cost of Errors

Architecting Data Quality Rules as a product involves defining clear ownership, establishing an efficient workflow for exceptions, and implementing a methodology for measuring economic impact. This approach ensures data integrity and optimizes costs.

Consulting

Strangler Pattern vs. modular monolith: choosing a modernization strategy

Selecting the right architectural approach for modernizing legacy systems is a critical decision for any CTO. This article compares the Strangler Pattern and the Modular Monolith, offering a practical framework for making an informed choice.

Support

SLA for application systems: availability versus business operability

Distinguishing between technical availability and business operability in an SLA is critical for IT leaders. This enables informed architectural decisions and effective expectation management.

Documents

EDMS migration without document flow interruption: a parallel operation plan

Public sector IT infrastructure leaders face the challenge of EDMS migration while maintaining business continuity and the legal validity of document flow. This article proposes an architectural solution for parallel operation, analyzing key criteria, risks, and operational implications.

Automation

Process Mining: Event log suitability for automation

Assessing event logs for Process Mining requires verifying the presence of unique case identifiers, precise timestamps, and detailed activity attributes. This is critical for reliable process modeling and well-founded architectural decisions regarding automation.

Data

MDM without centralization: Defining master system boundaries

Defining the boundaries of master systems is a critical architectural decision for successful MDM. This approach helps avoid excessive centralization and ensures data quality.

Automation

Process Mining: Finding Bottlenecks That Are Invisible on Paper

How Process Mining reveals real business process bottlenecks by analyzing digital traces in your IT systems.

Data

Data Quality: The Real Cost of Errors in Corporate Directories

Analyzing the real cost of poor data quality for business: error types, quality metrics, and the 1-10-100 rule.

Documents

Qualified Electronic Signatures: A Practical Guide for Organizations

A practical guide to implementing qualified electronic signatures in your organization: signature types, EDMS integration, and organizational aspects.